2012 Phillies Still Team to Beat

Sunday in the NFL was Championship Sunday. We
found out who the two teams would be in the Super Bowl to be played in
Indianapolis on Sunday evening on February 5, 2012. In the AFC
Championship the New England Patriots beat the Baltimore Ravens 23-20
and in the NFC Championship the New York Giants beat the San Francisco
49ers 20-17 in overtime. It will be the rematch of the 2008 Super Bowl,
New York Giants against the New England Patriots.Watching both of
these games and being a Philadelphia Eagles fan it went through my
mind, where do the Philadelphia Eagles stand compared to these four
teams. Going into this season there was so much expectations for the
Eagles. Most experts had picked the Eagles to end up in the Super Bowl.
As we all know that promising season ended with no playoff appearance.
Are the Philadelphia Eagles as good as these four teams that played on
Championship Sunday?The
four remaining teams that played on Sunday have talent but the
Philadelphia Eagles have better talent on both sides of the ball. Now
the remaining teams have quarterbacks who run their teams system, play
good defense, and are all well coached These three things put these
teams above the Eagles right now. Eagles had coach Andy Reid did have an
opportunity to correct a mistake that he made by hiring former
offensive line coach Juan Castillo as the defensive coach and bring back
former coach to the staff Steve Spagnuolo as the new defensive coordinator but again Andy and his ego dropped the ball and Spags went to the New Orleans Saints as their new defensive coordinator.Michael
Vick the quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles is an excellent
quarterback and this season he had a bad season. It did not help that he
had injuries. Is Vick the right quarterback for the Eagles offensive
system. What he did in 2010 season did answer that question and that is
yes. The key to Michael Vicks
success is for him to be healthy. If Vick gets hit like he did this
season well the injuries will continue. The four teams that played in
the Conference Championships also have very good defenses. Well that is a
huge question mark for the Philadelphia Eagles. I don’t know how much I
can buy into the fact that the Eagles played well on the defensive side
of the ball in the last four games because they did play teams that had
losing records. I will say this, they did look better and they seemed
to know what was going on. They did not appear to be lost.The
biggest difference between the four remaining teams and the
Philadelphia Eagles is the head coach. Those teams are very well coached
and well the Eagles. Andy Reid is now going to be in his 14th season as
head coach of the Eagles. Andy still makes the same mistakes and has
not corrected them. The play calling is very questionable and the time
management is bad.Andy Reid is the
total key and problem with this team. He needs his team to play as a
team and really have his back. The 2011 Philadelphia Eagles had too many
"I" guys and that
does not win championships. They are going to have to get rid of some of
those I players if they want to be on the same level as the final four
teams that played on Sunday. They are also going to need a new head
coach. Andy Reid has gotten the Philadelphia Eagles to the point of
slamming that door in but they can not do it under Reid. They need new
blood and a new system to get them over the hump. Oh I know that when
Andy Reid does not make the playoffs the following year he gets to the
Conference Championship Game but how many times has he been to that
stage. It is time for the Eagles to win the Super Bowl and it will not
happen in 2014 unless Andy Reid changes. Well it looks like he has not
with Steve Spagnuolo
going to the New Orleans Saints. Andy get back from vacation and figure
it out because where Eagles fans sit right now we are going to continue
to see the same old song and dance.